by Tele | Apr 19, 2012 | Alaska, Culture, Hooked Favorites, Sitka
Longtime Hooked friends may recognize Isabella Brady’s name from last summer’s story of a traditional foods dinner. Leaning on a walker, dishing slabs of moose alongside venison stew, the Alaska Native Sisterhood president commanded as...
by Tele | Mar 30, 2012 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Environment, Hooked Favorites, Sitka, Sustainability
When Cap’n J and I arrived in Sitka last week, we found the harbor packed with seiners, decks loaded with coiled nets, and the air near-electric. As captains and crew paced the docks, I found it easy to imagine their boats as equally impatient –...
by Tele | Mar 12, 2012 | Commercial Fishing, Hooked Favorites
I woke up this morning with a particular post in mind. I wanted to tell you about the changes afoot here at Hooked Central. Winter is abruptly over. Cap’n J, Bear the Boat Cat and I are packing up and heading back to Sitka next week, where...
by Tele | Oct 3, 2011 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, F/V Nerka, Hooked Favorites, Salmon Trolling, Women in Fishing
A close friend was raised on a troller, fishing with his dad. One of my favorite end-of-season stories is from him: It was a beautiful day at the Cape, flat calm, sunny, in early September. My dad looked over at me and said, “Let’s quit.” ...
by Tele | Sep 5, 2011 | Alaska, Culture, Environment, From the Galley, Hooked Favorites, Sitka
Year-round, Sitka’s bulletin boards are thick with flyers of talks, classes, performances. My Hokey-Pokey presence – one foot in the community, one foot out – has often meant that if it sounds like something I’d like to experience, it’ll happen while...
by Tele | Jul 29, 2011 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Environment, F/V Nerka, Hooked Favorites, Salmon Trolling
Cap’n J and I spent the past 12 days chasing coho. They’re always on the move, searching for a steady food source, and they travel incognito, invisible to our above-water existence. But the meal plan they’re looking for, from tiny shrimp-like...
